Roof Collapses While Firefighters Battle Sacramento House Fire

Cell phone video captures images of flames shooting high above a Moorfield Way home in South Sacramento.

Ashes and embers fly, as trees several feet away could not escape the heat.

When firefighters arrived at the home, it was engulfed in flames.

Firefighters from Sacramento City Fire, Cosumnes Fire and Sacramento Metro Fire joined efforts to put the flames out.

Another neighbor described the scene.

“And then the big boom, which the front of the house dropped,” neighbor Alisi Finau said.

That noise was possibly the roof, which collapsed while firefighters were inside.

Crews thought one of their own was trapped inside.

“The captain was quick to recognize he did not have his firefighter with him. He was separated because of that roof collapse”, Cpt. Chad Augustin, Sacramento City Fire, said. “It is very scary for a fire company when that happens”.

The firefighter made it out okay.

Crews then battled the flames from the exterior of the home.

The family that lives there finds comfort with all that is left, each other and their small dog.

“I said, ‘I cannot just leave her’,” homeowner Bonnie Shiu told FOX40. “I just laid down the phone, ran downstairs through the smoke, opened her cage and grabbed her. She was frozen sitting there”.